Ontario's new climate change plan gets a failing grade
Dec 03, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
After axing most of the province’s programs that reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution, the Ontario government’s promised plan to address climate change has finally…Read More
Ontario has strong tools available to act on climate change. It's time to use them.
Nov 20, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
If you could write an entirely new climate change plan from scratch, what would you include? Since Ontario’s government is cooking up a…Read More
Federal funds could help shore up Ontario’s flagging climate change action
Nov 12, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
Good news arrived last week for climate change action in Ontario. Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna just announced a plan to give $420…Read More
Is there a better way to cut natural gas bills in Ontario?
Aug 30, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
Ontario’s move to cut cap-and-trade costs from natural gas bills arrived with great fanfare yesterday. On closer inspection, it’s mostly hot air. This action…Read More
What you need to know about Ontario’s carbon pricing drama
Jun 20, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
Ontario’s new government has promised to “scrap the carbon tax.” This promise has raised important concerns about how this will be achieved, and what…Read More
Everything you wanted to know about carbon pricing but were afraid to ask
May 16, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
As part of the efforts to combat climate change, governments around the world are putting a price on carbon, making polluters pay for…Read More
Carbon pricing has no downside, so why are we still arguing about it?
Apr 09, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
Two new reports from the Clean Economy Alliance lend even more support to the growing evidence from economists and scientists that carbon pricing…Read More
How Mill Street co-founder Steve Abrams brewed up some big energy savings in his home
Mar 23, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
Steve Abrams is the co-founder of Mill Street Brewing, Canada’s largest producer of organic beer. When he and his wife decided to buy a…Read More
7 key questions answered about home energy retrofits
Feb 13, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
Is it time to get your home in shape with a home energy retrofit? Have you been thinking about how to cozy up your…Read More
Ontario gets a solid B+ on its 2017 climate report card
Jan 31, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
Ontario has taken ambitious action in the past year to price carbon through a cap-and-trade system and implement a wealth of new…Read More